FCC: 'Michael' Knocked Out 4 TV Stations, 30 FMs, 4 AMs

The FCC has released a report on the status of communications services in geographic areas impacted by Hurricane Michael as of October 12, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

Hurricane Michael made landfall on October 10 as a Category 4 hurricane at approximately 1:00 p.m. EDT near Mexico Beach, Florida. The report incorporates network outage data submitted by broadcast stations to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).

DIRS currently covers areas of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. The operational status of communications services during a disaster may evolve rapidly, and this report represents a snapshot in time. As of today, Hurricane Michael has had a serious impact on communications services in the Florida Panhandle and parts of Georgia.

The following 101 counties are in the current geographic area that is part of the DIRS activation (the
“disaster area”:

Television stations status:

• 23 TV stations reported operational (WACS, WALA-TV, WALB, WCES, WEIQ, WFLA-TV, WFNA,WGNM, WJCL, WJSP, WJTC, WKRG-TV, WMOR-TV, WMUM, WPAN, WPMI, WRBL, WRMD-CD, WSAV-TV, WSCG, WTTA, WVAN, WXGA).
• 4 TV stations reported out of service (WABW, WDHN, WFXL, WMBB).

FM Radio stations status:

• 61 FM radio stations reported operational (W201DJ, W204CM, W206BP, W209CD, W209CG, W212BY, W214BZ, W219DH, W220DS, W233AP, W259CA, W266CM, W279CU, W287CG, W290AS, WABD, WABR, WASU-LP, WBBQ-FM, WBLX-FM, WCSN-FM, WDEN-FM, WDLT-FM, WDLV, WFLF-FM, WFSY, WGMY, WIBB-FM, WIFO, WJSP-FM, WJWV, WKKZ, WKSM, WLGK, WLUB, WLXF, WLZN, WMGB, WMUM-FM, WNCV, WPAP, WPEZ, WPLV, WQBZ, WQXZ, WSVH, WTCQ, WTGF, WTNT-FM, WUNV, WWET, WWWD, WXJB, WXRA, WXSR, WXVS, WYCT, WYUM, WYZB, WZCH, WZNS).
• 30 FM radio stations reported out of service (W232BI, W242BF, W245BT, WAKU, WASJ, WBMZ, WBYZ, WBZE, WCUG, WDBN, WEBZ, WFRP, WGCN, WGEX, WGLF, WHHR, WHKV, WIZB, WJEP, WKIH, WKNK, WMCG, WOBB, WPFM, WQIL, WQZY, WRBA, WVKV, WWLD, WZRE-LP).
• 2 FM radio stations reported down with programming sent to another station (WHBX, WXRS).

AM Radio stations status:

• 18 AM radio stations reported operational (WAYS, WCLA, WDAK, WEBY, WFTW, WGSY, WHBT, WHEP, WJAT, WLOP, WMAC, WNRP, WTLY, WVOP, WWIO, WWJB, WXLI, WXQW).
• 4 AM radio stations reported out of service (WDIZ, WJYZ, WMLT, WXRS).